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The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. Nevada was the first state to ratify the amendment.
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. In the Constitution, this gave all women the right to vote. But in reality, it only gave it to white women.
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The Indian Citizens Act declared all non-citizen Indians born in US territory, US citizens. This also gave them the right to vote.
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The 24th Amendment abolishes poll taxes. Poll taxes were created to keep African Americans from being able to vote. So, with the elimination of them, many more African Americans could vote.
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The Freedom Summer was a volunteer campaign that attempted to register as many African-American voters as possible. Not very many people were able to register, but this had a significant effect on the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. These practices included things such as literacy tests.
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The 26th Amendment states that people 18 years of age can legally vote. Previously, you had to be 21 years old to vote.
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Alice Paul played one of the biggest roles in the passing of the 19th Amendment. To help it get passed, she wrote the Equal Rights Amendment of 1923.
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The Help America Vote Act required all states to offer a provisional ballot for people whose names weren't on the voter list. A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there are questions about a given voter's eligibility that must be resolved before the vote can be counted.
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This law requires that states allow members of the United States Uniformed Services and merchant marine, their family members, and United States citizens living outside the United States to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal offices. This means they don't have to vote in person.
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